Judges 9:8-10

Names of God Bible

⁸ “The trees went to anoint someone to be king over them.
    They said to the olive tree,
        ‘Be our king!’
⁹ But the olive tree responded,
    ‘Should I stop producing oil,
        which people use to honor gods and humans,
            in order to rule the trees?’
¹⁰ Then the trees said to the fig tree,
    ‘You come and be our king!’